creating a context??

2003-07-17 Thread Aaron
Hi all I am again finding myself in the postition of newbie who should be a hacker. I am trying to find a way to tell lilypond that when I enter a set of notes e f g a b c d to read them as e' f' g' a' b' c' d' \relative won't work for me because I need this to work for more than a fourth. what

Re: creating a context??

2003-07-17 Thread Simon Weatherill
Perhaps I'm missing something here, but... When in relative mode, you use ' and , to notate a range more than a fourth: bass = \notes \relative c, { e2. g a c4. g'4.\4 fis e } The second g is an octave higher than the first g. The f sharp is a half step down from that (on

creating a context??

2003-07-17 Thread Aaron
Well \relative in practice doesn't save me much time because a fourth with out ' or , is not enough and I can't seem to use \relative for the whole song. (could be I just don't know how) but even then I must fine tune the octave which takes me as much time as if I entered the , 's in the first pla

Re: creating a context??

2003-07-17 Thread Simon Weatherill
If the range is only an octave, you could pick the note in the middle of the range and use that as the starting point. The following will give you an ascending scale and descending scale: song = \notes \relative a' { e f g a b c d } The other thing you could do is write in octave 0 and transp

creating a context??

2003-07-17 Thread Aaron
Hi again, does that mean that the fourth is in both directions?? It didn't seem to work that way for me but I wasn't pay that close attention. I will try it and see. Aaron ___ Lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/l

Re: creating a context??

2003-07-17 Thread David Boersma
On 17 Jul 2003, Aaron wrote: > Well \relative in practice doesn't save me much time because a fourth > with out ' or , is not enough and I can't seem to use \relative for the > whole song. (could be I just don't know how) > > but even then I must fine tune the octave which takes me as much time as

Italicize alternate verses

2003-07-17 Thread Laura Conrad
I'm trying to use the font-shape property to italicize every other verse in a piece with 8 verses. This is commonly done in some hymnals, and I find it helps to find the right verse when you move to the next line. The problem is that lily seems to apply the property vertically -- that is, if wor

Re: Italicize alternate verses

2003-07-17 Thread Laura Conrad
> "Laura" == Laura Conrad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Laura> Is there some other way to set the property so that it Laura> applies to only this verse, and not to all the lyrics? Got it -- \property LyricsVoice, instead of \property Lyrics. -- Laura (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] , http:/

"Modal" Transposition

2003-07-17 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Hi All, > > Is there a way to make a "modal" transposition? (not sure if "modal" is > the correct term) Sure. Write a function that frobnicates the 'pitch of NoteEvents, and \apply that to the music. -- Han-Wen Nienhuys | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.xs4al

repeating ending numbers

2003-07-17 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > With 1.7.20 if a first ending goes to the next line the ending number is > repeated. I have never seen this in printed music and I believe it > makes the music harder to read. For someone who often is in a sight > reading situation I find this an unnecessary distrac

Re[5]: Soon 1.8 release?

2003-07-17 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > HWN> bars, save for the graces following a trill. > > HWN> Getting grace notes right in various combinations is a lot of work, so > HWN> I don't really want to add \aftergrace as well, unless it is really > HWN> necessary. > > Here (do you mind if this is a facsimile?)

Figured bass spacing problem

2003-07-17 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > The problem is that when I'm trying to display an accidental without a > number it doesn't line up properly. > > So, for example (#=sharp, b=flat !=natural): > > 4# > b > > instead of > 4# > b I've changed this in 1.7 CVS, by introducing alignBassFigureAccidentals

was context

2003-07-17 Thread Aaron
hi, All thanks I now understand \relative and I reread the manual and I guess thats what it ment although it could have been a bit clear but now I got it thanks Aaron ___ Lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/lis

fonts

2003-07-17 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >> Getting strange looking output. Looks like a font problem with latest > >> CVS. It also shows up in the generated web-doc. > > > >Yes, as the ChangeLog says: > > > > * mf/feta-autometric.mf (code): start font at 32. WARNING: FONT > > CHANGED. > > > >clean ou

dvips fails

2003-07-17 Thread Espen Holm
Hello! First of all: lilypond is nice!! I have tried it out on Redhat 8.0 and everything worked great! My problem is that i'm working on a Dell lapotop with Mandrake 9.1, and can't get lilypond to work. It looks like I have problem with fonts. The .dvi file is missing noteheads and more. (see